Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 27, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Encroachment, concretisation, pollution killing Mandakini river near Chitrakoot
Political leaders abetting the Mandakini’s death by building hotels along its banks in Chitrakoot
NGT refuses to allow commercial construction on Shimla railway land
A proposal allowing the construction of a hotel and other commercial structures on land in Shimla’s railway warehouse has been rejected
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 19, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 20, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 27, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 23, 2020)
NGT shuts down Chinese steel plant in Gujarat
The Rs 6,000-cr project was being constructed in Gujarat’s Mundra block without an environmental clearance
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2019)
Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining
Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat-hole mining, National Green Tribunal imposes a fine on state government
NGT bans cutting of trees in forests without requisite clearance
Complaint says felling of trees for charcoal production affects a forest area of 20,000 sq km annually
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2024)
Air, water pollution environment offences increased 841% in 2019: NCRB data
Overall, environment crimes dipped marginally 1.5% in 2019 compared to previous year
No relief to RO companies from Supreme Court
Apex court does not take cognizance of BIS report on water quality
Courts must dispose of 57 environment cases a day to clear backlog in a year
The current rate is just nine cases a day
Forest fires in India increased by 125 per cent in last two years
Madhya Pradesh recorded most forest fires than any other state in 2017
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 20, 2023)
NGT seeks report on damages due to sand mining in Jaipur villages
Illegal sand mining affecting health and environment in and around 5 villages of Jaipur’s Katputli tehsil, villagers claim
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 25, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2019)
Environmental governance: India's changing scenario
The department of environment came into existence on November 1, 1980 followed by state departments
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 13, 2022)